«And in that meeting, I said ‘You just can't fall in love',» Tortorella concluded. «You can't because if you do, it's going to set you back. We've got to look at the organizational view of how to do this. You'll be friends with that player if you like him that much. You'll be friends and you're gonna care about him the rest of your life, but there has to be– there's going to be some tough decisions coming along here. So, we gotta be really careful to not let our emotions get in the way of making the proper decision for the team.»
